The Iron Horse
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Chapters (53)
- R.M. Ballantyne "The Iron Horse"
- Chapter One.
- Treats of the Engine-Driver’s House and Household.
- Chapter Two.
- The Driver Visits a Little Elderly Gentlewoman and Prepares the Iron Horse for Action.
- Chapter Three.
- In which the Widow holds Converse with a Captain, makes the Acquaintance of a Young Man, and receives a Telegraphic Shock, which ends in a Railway Journey.
- Chapter Four.
- A Double Dilemma and its Consequences.
- Chapter Five.
- An Accident and its Consequences.
- Chapter Six.
- History of the Iron Horse.
- Chapter Seven.
- Little Gertie comes out in a New Light, and Bob Receives Good News.
- Chapter Eight.
- Mrs Marrot and Bob Visit the Great Clatterby “Works.”
- Chapter Nine.
- Concerning Domestic Economy and Difficulties—Surprises and Explanations.
- Chapter Ten.
- Sharp Practice.
- Chapter Eleven.
- Sharp Practice—Continued.
- Chapter Twelve.
- Loo’s Garden.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- Treats of Railway Literature, Sleepy Porters, Crowded Platforms, Foolish Passengers, Dark Plotters, Lively Shawls, and Other Matters.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- Which is too Full of Varied Matter to be Briefly Described.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- Treats of Mrs Durby’s Lost Parcel in Particular, and of Lost-Luggage in General.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- Describes Engineering Difficulties, a Perplexing Case, and a Harmonious Meeting.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- Gertie is Mysteriously cared for—Sam Natly Dines under Difficulties in Connexion with the Block System.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- A Soirée Wildly Interrupted, and Followed up by Surprising Revelations.
- Chapter Nineteen.
- A Run-away Locomotive.
- Chapter Twenty.
- A Nest “Harried.”
- Chapter Twenty One.
- The Diamond Ring and the Railway Clearing-House.
- Chapter Twenty Two.
- Mrs Tipps goes on a Journey, and meets a Gentleman who, with much Assurance, comments freely on Insurance.
- Chapter Twenty Three.
- Details a Terrible Accident.
- Chapter Twenty Four.
- Results of the Accident.
- Chapter Twenty Five.
- The Last.
- Song of the Engine-Driver.
- The End.
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